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Yuck🤮 .... Canned Icing

homedecor1 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:45:12 GMT

I was having girls brunch and decided to "cheat" on dessert. Big Mistake😡.

I made cute individual bundt cakes and normally I make my own icing...being "lazy" decided to buy can of Duncan Hines vanilla frosting.

YUCK it tasted like wallpaper paste! I could not believe it -- I haven't used in years but never remember it tasting so bad☹️.

Did the ingredients change?

Re: Yuck🤮 .... Canned Icing

Sooner — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:49:26 GMT

I have tasted canned icing a few times and it is horrible! I use butter, powdered sugar, flavoring, and a pinch of salt. Whip up with a fork!

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Kachina624 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:49:40 GMT

@homedecor1. I think it's always been bad. It tastes like a chemical stew. At least the taste is somewhat camouflaged with the chocolate but it's all bad.

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dex — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:51:27 GMT

@homedecor1 @I haven’t bought the icing in a can but I just wanted to say that I am sorry that icing spoiled those cute bundt cakes.I find icing the easy part to make and the cake to be the most work so if I cheat I go fake cake and homemade frosting.

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QVCkitty1 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:52:57 GMT

I don’t know if this would help, but I read a tip once that if you add vanilla to the canned icing it would taste more like homemade.

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homedecor1 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:58:35 GMT

FYI: I did toss the 8 iced with canned frosting😡

(I made 2 trays so I pulled out of freezer).

I ended up making a glaze (conf sugar, milk & squeeze of fresh lemon).

I garnished with lemon slice & strawberry. They were perfect and "thawed" by the time we "enjoyed" dessert.

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homedecor1 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 01:01:43 GMT

@QVCkitty1

I don't know if vanilla would have "helped" it. I think once you're used to "fresh homemade" buttercream or cream cheese nothing compares.

I won't be lazy again -- to think I bought a couple chocolate too!

I will donate them in food pantry box...

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jannabelle1 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 01:25:57 GMT

I don't understand why anyone would throw out desserts because of the "canned icing". Could you just slice off the top (with the canned frosting) and at least just add some fresh fruit and maybe drizzle a simple powdered sugar/lemon glaze over it? Sorry, but I'm always just amazed with the amount of food that is just thrown out.

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homedecor1 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 01:43:01 GMT

@jannabelle1

these were "mini" bundt cakes which I iced -- therefore, no way to salvage OR scrape off.

Rarely, do I throw away food -- any excess food in my pantry is always donated to our community food pantry. I am sure there are those who appreciate it!

In this case, trash was the best option!

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rms1954 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 01:53:26 GMT

Have you read the ingredients. It is nothing but artificial and chemical stuff.

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libbyannE — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 02:03:59 GMT

I have never used icing in a can. It’s so easy to whip up butter, powdered sugar, and whatever flavoring I need (cocoa, fresh lemon, vanilla, etc.) that I see no need to buy a can. I don’t bake cakes often, but if I do, I want them to be good! Butter and sugar aren’t healthy, but I would be more afraid of the hydrogenated fat and fake flavors in canned icing.

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mom2four0418 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 02:34:17 GMT

@homedecor1 wrote:
@QVCkitty1

I don't know if vanilla would have "helped" it. I think once you're used to "fresh homemade" buttercream or cream cheese nothing compares.

I won't be lazy again -- to think I bought a couple chocolate too!
I will donate them in food pantry box...

Why would anyone want to eat something that tastes like wallpaper paste?

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homedecor1 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 02:36:37 GMT

@libbyannE

Obviously I was lazy ... well, that backfired!

I am a great baker and have owned my own baking & catering business so I know how yummy homemade is🙂.

I had used canned frosting many years ago and never remember it being so horrible😮. These were 8 little bundt cakes didn't need 5-6 cups of frosting & I hardly bake anymore so freezing the excess would be a waste.

I agree lots of ****** in this little can.🙄 and lesson learned😉

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libbyannE — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 02:47:48 GMT

@homedecor1

Hi there. I wasn’t being critical of you but of canned frosting. Clearly, you know what you’re doing or you wouldn’t even have noticed how bad the canned stuff is. I apologize for not making that clear.

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phoenixbrd — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 02:50:48 GMT

Pure sugar....a toxic mine field.

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homedecor1 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 03:04:01 GMT

@libbyannE

thank you -- a little humor! I was telling my son about my horrible canned icing.

He said to me "you the crazy perfectionist baker BOUGHT that c###"...he said "my wife tried to tell me the icing on my bday cake was homemade" he said "you do know I can tell it's not after 30+ years of my mom's cakes!"

He made me laugh -- he told her never buy that again & my mother can teach you how to make real icing"...oh boy bet that wasn't a "pleasant" moment!🤷‍♀️🙃

have a good nite😀

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barbie4njdevils — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 03:24:00 GMT

I love love love me some canned frosting yum yum right out of the can delicious ❤️

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barbie4njdevils — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 03:30:10 GMT

Sounds good to me ❤️

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homedecor1 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 03:49:35 GMT

@barbie4njdevils

love your screen name🏒 if it's being a NJ Devils fan👍🏻

my son always like the Devils or Penguins while his brother was a diehard Flyers fan & still is to this day!

Enjoy those "yummy" moments If you lived near me I'd happily give you the 2 chocolate icings 🧁🧁🧁

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carlycat — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 03:52:04 GMT

It seems like most people I know don’t even know how to make icing. They think it’s a big deal to make homemade frosting. They think it should taste like the canned stuff. It’s SO EASY to make homemade and so much better.

Cooking is becoming a lost art.